She sat in the parked
car for twenty minutes
after arriving home.
The engine off. The
radio still playing.
Inside, no one was
waiting.
That used to bother her.
Now it was just a fact.
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She sat in the parked
car for twenty minutes
after arriving home.
The engine off. The
radio still playing.
Inside, no one was
waiting.
That used to bother her.
Now it was just a fact.
quiet · calm · down · apartment · street · loneliness · silence · healing